MLS Reserve Division kicks off third season

NEW YORK - Major League Soccer today announced the official schedule for the 2007 MLS Reserve Division. Now in its third year, the Reserve Division is a key component of Major League Soccer's drive to develop the stars of tomorrow in a professional, competitive atmosphere.


All teams will compete in a single table with a $20,000 team bonus awarded to the team that finishes the season at the top of the table. Each team will play 12 Reserve Division games throughout the course of the season. No team will play any other team more than twice.


The Reserve Division kicks off on Sunday, April 8 when Toronto FC plays its inaugural Reserve Division game against Chivas USA in Carson, Calif.


Last year marked the second season of the Reserve Division, developed by Major League Soccer in partnership with adidas as a key component of the Generation adidas program. The Reserve Division allows teams to provide meaningful competitive matches to players who are outside of the first 11, giving them important in-game experience. Colorado Rapids won the Reserve Division title last year, finishing with a record of 9-3-0.


MLS RESERVE DIVISION FORMAT:


  • Each team will play 12 games (6 home and 6 away).

  • A total of 20 eligible players for the home team and 20 players for the visiting team may be placed on a club's game roster for any Reserve Division game with each team permitted to make up to six (6) substitutions. Suspensions attributable to yellow and red cards issued in Reserve Division games shall only be imposed for future Reserve Division matches and not for games during the MLS regular season. Conversely, suspensions attributable to yellow and red cards issued during MLS regular season games shall not apply to Reserve Division matches.

  • Any player who receives four yellow cards during the Reserve Division season shall be suspended from the next Reserve Division game in which he may appear.

  • No Player shall play more than 120 minutes in a Reserve Team match and any preceding match(es) that occur within a 60 hour period. Injury time is not considered a part of a player's maximum number of minutes played (e.g., if a player enters a game at halftime and the referee adds two minutes of stoppage time to the end of the second half, the player will be considered to have played 45 minutes since the two minutes of stoppage time is essentially added to make up for 'lost' time).

  • A Reserve Division call-up or "Guest Player" with an MLS team may be eligible to appear in an MLS Reserve Division Game provided that he is properly registered with U.S. Soccer.

  • 2007 MLS RESERVE DIVISION SCHEDULE

    (As of February 20, 2007, subject to change)


    Sunday, April 8, 2007

    Toronto FC at Chivas USA


    Sunday, April 15, 2007

    Chivas USA at Houston Dynamo

    Kansas City Wizards at D.C. United

    Toronto FC at New England Revolution

    FC Dallas at New York Red Bulls


    Monday, April 16, 2007

    Chicago Fire at Colorado Rapids


    Friday, April 20, 2007

    New England Revolution at Columbus Crew


    Sunday, April 22, 2007

    Kansas City Wizards at Chicago Fire

    Real Salt Lake at Chivas USA

    Houston Dynamo at New York Red Bulls


    Sunday, April 29, 2007

    D.C. United at Columbus Crew


    Monday, April 30, 2007

    Colorado Rapids at Real Salt Lake


    Saturday, May 5, 2007

    Columbus Crew at Kansas City Wizards


    Sunday, May 6, 2007

    New York Red Bulls at Real Salt Lake

    Houston Dynamo at Colorado Rapids

    Chicago Fire at New England Revolution


    Saturday, May 12, 2007

    Chicago Fire at Toronto FC


    Sunday, May 13, 2007

    FC Dallas at Kansas City Wizards

    Chivas USA at Columbus Crew

    New England Revolution at Los Angeles Galaxy


    Saturday, May 19, 2007

    D.C. United at Toronto FC


    Sunday, May 20, 2007

    Columbus Crew at New York Red Bulls


    Monday, May 21, 2007

    Los Angeles Galaxy at Chivas USA

    Real Salt Lake at FC Dallas


    Sunday, May 27, 2007

    Los Angeles Galaxy at Colorado Rapids

    FC Dallas at Chivas USA

    Houston Dynamo at D.C. United

    Kansas City Wizards at New England Revolution


    Saturday, June 2, 2007

    Colorado Rapids at Toronto FC


    Sunday, June 3, 2007

    New York Red Bulls at Kansas City Wizards

    D.C. United at Los Angeles Galaxy

    FC Dallas at Houston Dynamo


    Monday, June 4, 2007

    Columbus Crew at Chicago Fire


    Sunday, June 10, 2007

    Chivas USA at Chicago Fire

    New York Red Bulls at D.C. United


    Sunday, July 8, 2007

    Kansas City Wizards at Los Angeles Galaxy


    Monday, July 9, 2007

    New York Red Bulls at Colorado Rapids


    Sunday, July 15, 2007

    FC Dallas at D.C. United


    Monday, July 16, 2007

    Toronto FC at Houston Dynamo


    Sunday, July 22, 2007

    Houston Dynamo at New England Revolution

    Colorado Rapids at Kansas City Wizards


    Sunday, July 29, 2007

    New England Revolution at Real Salt Lake


    Monday, July 30, 2007

    Chivas USA at Kansas City Wizards


    Sunday, August 5, 2007

    Houston Dynamo at Real Salt Lake

    Colorado Rapids at FC Dallas

    D.C. United at New England Revolution


    Monday, August 6, 2007

    Los Angeles Galaxy at Toronto FC


    Sunday, August 12, 2007

    Columbus Crew at FC Dallas


    Saturday, August, 18, 2007

    Chivas USA at Toronto FC


    Sunday, August 19, 2007

    Chicago Fire at Real Salt Lake

    Los Angeles Galaxy at New York Red Bulls


    Sunday, September 2, 2007

    Chicago Fire at New York Red Bulls

    D.C. United at FC Dallas

    Kansas City Wizards at Houston Dynamo

    Real Salt Lake at Los Angeles Galaxy

    Colorado Rapids at Columbus Crew


    Sunday, September 9, 2007

    Toronto FC at FC Dallas

    Colorado Rapids at Los Angeles Galaxy

    Real Salt Lake at Houston Dynamo

    New England Revolution at D.C. United


    Saturday, September 15, 2007

    Real Salt Lake at Toronto FC


    Sunday, September 16, 2007

    Columbus Crew at Kansas City Wizards

    New York Red Bulls at Chicago Fire


    Sunday, September 23, 2007

    Kansas City Wizards at Chivas USA

    New England Revolution at New York Red Bulls

    D.C. United at Chicago Fire

    FC Dallas at Los Angeles Galaxy


    Sunday, September 30, 2007

    Chicago Fire at Chivas USA

    Toronto FC at D.C. United

    Houston Dynamo at FC Dallas

    Los Angeles Galaxy at Columbus Crew


    Sunday, October 7, 2007

    Chivas USA at Real Salt Lake

    New England Revolution at Chicago Fire

    Los Angeles Galaxy at Houston Dynamo


    Monday, October 8, 2007

    Toronto FC at Colorado Rapids


    Sunday, October 14, 2007

    Columbus Crew at New England Revolution


    Sunday, October 21, 2007

    Real Salt Lake at Colorado Rapids


    END OF 2007 RESERVE DIVISION SEASON